Yeah agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgdriver
We want them, to want to succeed. For them.
This is why having positive role models to look up to and be inspired by is so key
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Yeah agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgdriver
We want them, to want to succeed. For them.
This is why having positive role models to look up to and be inspired by is so key
Lol, you do. You drink and you know things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawgdriver
Not quite like MO tho. I can't duplicate that man's stature in this regard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis
I have to apologize for geeking out on this book, but I just encountered a snippet I had to share.
The author shares a study in which two groups were asked to study a stack of index cards with vocab words on them. Each card had a different color, but this was irrelevant to what would be tested. One group would get a reward for how well they did on the test, the other group was offered no reward. The interesting find was that the 'no-reward' group did much better on being able to recall card color--something termed 'incidental learning'.
It reminded me of something I did in high school. I was motivated to be a scientist and wanted to plumb the mysteries of the universe, by my high school didn't have any higher level courses. I was a teacher's aide to our science teacher, and during this period I would often just read an old college chemistry book. I couldn't make much sense of it, and I was just kind of staring at it in bewilderment for the most part, trying to make sense of it. I'd had high-school chemistry but this stuff was truly bizarre. Every now and then I'd make some sense of it, but for the most part I felt like it was way over my head. I wasn't very systematic about it, either. I'd just find something that looked interesting. I didn't set myself to solving a bunch of chemistry questions, either, but sometimes you had to do a little math to understand what they were getting at in the text.
Ok, point being, when I got accepted to the Academy they gave us all entrance exams for placement, and one of those was in chemistry. Surprisingly, I scored the highest out of every single person there, and validated both semesters of my college chemistry requirement. I couldn't believe it, it came as a bit of a shock. When I look back at it now, the intrinsic motivation to just understand a mystery resulted in one of the best 'classes' I'd ever taken.
It makes me a bit sick at our education system now that I think about it.
Forgive my ignorance, but would over-praising/always praising lead to similar extremes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis
yeah - totally. Most likely extremes would be:Quote:
Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne
Entitled asshat
Crumbles at the first point of failure
Both would stem from a lack of self-confidence in oneself correct? Their confidence relied on that praise rather than something they built up themselves, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis
Which is similar, in that both over-praising, and under-praising lead to a lack of self-worth.
Am I on the right track there?
Yeah, at least that's how I see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NightTrainLayne
Kids need to also learn to trust their own internal feelings and not rely on external validation.
I am now a third of the way through Lonesome Gods by Louis L'Amour
This is the second of his books i have read thanks to a recommendation by Hawg.
It is just glorious.
Think i might buy a bottle of bulleit rye this weekend, and possibly destroy a few fingers worth whilst reading some wonderful prose about the west
I have a 3.5 hour drive tomorrow - would like to download an audio book to listen to... Any great non-fiction recommendations?
Not an audio book, but have you tried Hardcore History pod?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buff
Couldn't get into it - might give it another try.Quote:
Originally Posted by MOtorboat
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De BeckerQuote:
Originally Posted by Buff
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Done with podcasts? Have you listened to all the Sword and Scale ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buff
Endurance by LansingQuote:
Originally Posted by Buff
Making of the A-bomb by Rhodes